05

ISSUE
newsletter
Autumn 2014
Inside..
Provost Interview- Inside Front Cover

Boeing Vice-President delivers first John

Fitzpatrick Memorial Lecture - Pg 2

TRINITY SCHOOL OF Introducing E3! - Pg 3

Engineering
Engineering Summer School - Pg 4

Revolutionary Snowboard Invention Wins 2013

Irish James Dyson Award for Trinity Duo - Pg 6

Welcome to the fifth edition of the

Trinity Engineering Newsletter. As
ever we in the School are happy to
keep you abreast of the recent news
and developments whether you are a
recent graduate, a graduate of longer
vintage or just a friend of the School.

Professor Brian Foley

Head of School

On the academic front, the major achievement of

2013-2014 has been the successful delivery of the
first Year 5 for the M.A.I degree. As many of you will
be aware, an accredited masters degree is now a
mandatory requirement for chartered membership of
Engineers Ireland and for compatibility with European
qualifications. The 5-year M.A.I programme is our
response to that challenge and our next step will be to
put it forward for professional accreditation in 2015. Professor Brian Foley, Head of School

The other major development over the past year is the

gathering impetus behind the E3 project. This project, as
reported elsewhere in this Newsletter, is aimed at a new
purpose-built building for the School in conjunction
with the School of Natural Sciences. Planning, in
terms of numbers of students and staff and space
requirements is at an advanced stage. Much effort will
relate to building design and fundraising, about which
you will hear much more as the project develops.
I am also pleased to bring you news of the inaugural
John Fitzpatrick Memorial Lecture which took
place on 20 February last, where we launched
the John Fitzpatrick Memorial Medal, awarded
to the best overall student in the M.A.I. year.
So, enjoy your catch-up on our activities and do not
hesitate to contact us for further information.
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Provost Interview
The Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast discusses
his time in the School of Engineering and
shares his ambitions for engineering in Trinity.
Why study engineering?
I chose to study engineering because I was good
at the subjects that I believed fed into engineering
such as maths, physics and the sciences. I had
read some books on civil engineering and my
father would have told me about things related
to civil engineering. My father had a haulage
business and machinery often broke down and
needed to be fixed, so I would have seen that
type of work going on and on occasion, I would
have even helped out. It was an engineering
environment in the home place, as we would
say in Wexford! But in considering to study
engineering, I did feel that it was a qualification
that could enable change in the world. I felt
that engineers had an influence in society and
how we live and thats why it was attractive
to me to come to university to study it.
What did you enjoy about studying
engineering in Trinity?
I had always liked the idea of studying
engineering through the two general years. In
fact, that was one of the reasons for coming
to Trinity. If I was required to specialise on
day one, I would probably have opted for
for civil engineering, because thats what I
knew. But when I had the chance to study
the various subjects, I found that mechanics
interested me most and I quickly decided that
mechanical engineering was the thing for me.
Do you recall your undergraduate dissertation?
My dissertation focused on linear vibration
isolation and Professor Henry Rice was my
supervisor. In fact, I was one of his first students,
as he himself had just joined the Faculty at
the time. He gave me a project of designing a
device to isolate vibration. I found it challenging
but I really like building things. I welded the
machine together myself and went off down to
Smithfield to buy the motor, which was actually
a windscreen wiper motor. We connected it to
a beam, the beam was mounted on non-linear
springs and that was my final year project.
Following your Ph.D in Bioengineering, what
do you see as key highlights thats have
taken your through on your path to Provost?
I learned a lot working as a post doctorate in the
Netherlands while on the Marie Curie Fellowship
from 1993-1995. I worked with a really great
research group of around 30 researchers and that
was where I saw international science in action.
A lectureship came up in Trinity in 1995. There
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Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost
werent many people being hired at that time
and I thought that if this lectureship is coming
up, I had better apply for it. I soon received
a research grant of 400,000 Irish punts. That
was a very considerable grant back then and
it really allowed me to hit the ground running
in developing my research route. Before long
I had a couple of post doctorate and Ph.D
students and we began to receive more
grants from FP4 all the way up to FP7.
What was the trigger for moving
into academic leadership?
The establishment of the Trinity Centre for
Bioengineering and an all-Ireland Masters
programme in bioengineering was a
great success, and my role in this gave
me a taste for academic leadership.
In 2004, the then Provost, John Hegarty, asked
me to be Dean of Graduate Studies. In 2008, I
was then asked to be Vice-Provost. This was a
new role which encompassed Chief Academic
Officer and Vice-Provost, and together we
established that education and research could
be welded together if you like, into an academic
mission for the benefit of all of College.
In 2011 you were elected Provost, the first
engineer to hold this role, what difference
does an engineer bring to this role?
Engineers are fundamentally problem solvers. At
the end of our first week as undergrads we were
given a list of problems to solve so you quickly
get into the idea that engineering is all about
setting yourself a task and solving it. I hope that I
have brought that approach to the Provostship.
What are your ambitions for
engineering in Trinity?
Engineering is becoming even more important
in our society and the world, as a profession
and discipline and indeed as a way of thinking.
I want to see engineering grow as a discipline
and develop further. Whilst the discipline of
engineering has served well for the creation of
curricula for universities, now the changes taking
place in the wider world requires an engineer to
be educated in a broader way not just singularly
in one individual discipline. Trinity is ideally poised
because of its multidisciplinary nature and in the
collegiate nature of the campus to respond to
these new challenges of engineering education. I
know that my colleagues in engineering are doing
just that. E3 will be a critical part of how we further
develop engineering - particularly across energy,
design, environment, water, and bio-engineering.
E3 the Engineering, Energy & Environment
Institute - will be a landmark new structure which
will house Engineering and the Natural Sciences.
E3 will advance research that addresses
Irelands economic priorities, contributing to
growth, competitiveness and job creation.
In E3 project, the engineers and natural
scientists will be locating in a new shared
E3 complex. What can Engineering
learn from Natural Sciences?
In a way we all have a lot to learn from each
other. Just as many problems of the world
need collaborations within the engineering
disciplines so too do they need collaborations
with scientists. None more so than addressing
how were going to make sustainable, life on our
technological planet. This is the great challenge
of humanity human beings are not going
to stop using and developing technologies.
In fact we will use and build more and clearly
we need to do this in a sustainable way.
From the perspective of our natural
scientists, they have a specialist understanding
of the environment; of geology and raw
materials, of plant science and zoology all
of which are under varying pressures across
this planet particularly in relation to impacts
on climate change and bio-diversity.
Here in Trinity, our engineers and natural
scientists will co-locate in a new E3 facility,
and together we will answer the questions
as to how we can develop a sustainable
technological planet. After all, the evolution
of organic life and the evolution of designed
artefacts share some commonalities.
The public expect that new technologies
will be compatible with sustainable life
on the planet. Lets see what we can do
together as engineers and scientists!
Energy and the environment are the areas where
the great challenges lie. There is a substantial
overlap between the natural world and energy
environment. Through E3, we will strive to be
leaders in this field. Through E3, we will still be
teaching engineering, geography, geology etc.
but well do it within a development that sustains
research into energy and the environment.
Finally, do you miss being at the
research bench and in the lab?
I miss engineering research which I always
enjoyed and I had my successes in the field
but there are many new challenges as Provost
and new problems to be solved. Fundamentally
Im using the same part of the brain as I
always used and Im really enjoying it.
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Prof Brian Foley, Head of School of Engineering, Prof Henry Rice, Dept of Mechanical & Manufacturing Engineering, Mr Bernard Hensey,
Vice President, Fleet Management at Boeing, and Dr Patrick Prendergast, Provost, at the John Fitzpatrick Memorial Lecture

Boeing Vice-President
delivers first John Fitzpatrick
Memorial Lecture
The Inaugural Professor John Fitzpatrick Memorial Lecture in
honour of our late Professor of Mechanical Engineering was
recently delivered in the Musuem Building by Bernard Hensey,
Vice-President, Fleet Management at Boeing and 1986 Trinity
Mechanical Engineering graduate. This special event brought
together engineering alumni, friends, colleagues and family of
John Fitzpatrick Memorial Medal
John and those working in the engineering and aviation industries.

Professor John Fitzpatrick, FTCD, MRIA,
was appointed Professor of Mechanical
Engineering at Trinity in 1994, a post he
held up until his untimely passing in 2012.
He was originally appointed as lecturer in
1980 in the newly formed Department of
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering.
He established a world-class reputation
for teaching and research in engineering
in Trinity, with a special focus on flow-
induced vibrations and attendant noise.
Bernard Henseys lecture, entitled Design
and Operation of Aircraft for the 21st
Century, outlined current technical
developments in commercial aviation
and the story behind the establishment
of Boeing. He also focused on Johns
enthusiasm in the establishment of world-
class research in engineering at Trinity
and its link to the emerging aerospace
business in Ireland over this period.
Bernard is a member of the Trinity
Engineering School Development
Board, originally established by John.
The Provost of Trinity, Dr Patrick
Prendergast, launched the John
Fitzpatrick Prize in the form of a
memorial medal at the lecture. The
medal was designed by Professor
David Taylor and Mr Gerard Byrne
from the School of Engineering and
will be awarded annually to the best
Engineering student in year 5 of the new
M.A.I programme. The new M.A.I will
become the main professional training
course run by the School. Approximately
60% of the students in the current
year have taken up the M.A.I option.
The medals design reflects Johns
lifelong fascination with fluid flow
and noise generation. It is loosely
based on the results of an experiment
to demonstrate turbulent flow, but
rendered in an abstract fashion
so that it can be interpreted more
generally as a natural phenomenon
in the process of being recorded
and studied. Theres a sense of the
classic Celtic spiral form too, recalling
Johns pride in his Irish heritage.
The lecture concluded with a
presentation of some archival
photographs and explanatory
commentary by Johns colleague
Prof Henry Rice the company
then withdrawing to a reception in
the foyer of the Museum Building.

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Introducing E3!
E3, the Engineering, Energy and Environment Institute, will be a major
new initiative by the Schools of Engineering and Natural Sciences in
Trinity College Dublin, across research, teaching and innovation.
The overarching vision of the E3 Institute is:
To be a world reference point for
the investigation of evolutionary and
engineering principles, and how they
together determine the state of our
world; and from this understanding,
to invent, discover and guide optimal
human and technology interventions
that improve a world of constrained
resources through innovation,
entrepreneurship and education.
E3s vision will be supported by outstanding
resources of scholarly excellence through
teaching, research and innovation in a set
of key disciplines and specialisms across
engineering, science and technology,
working also in partnership with colleagues
in our Schools of Business, Computer
Science and Physics. E3 will also have
research connections with our leading
research institutes of CRANN and TBSI.
The core research themes that define
E3 are energy, engineering design,
raw materials, the environment, and
telecommunications and networks which
includes the research work led by CTVR.
For the successful delivery of a joint
strategy of this scale, it will be necessary to
accommodate the School of Engineering
and the School of Natural Sciences
together in purpose-built accommodation,
which will be located in the south-east
corner of Trinity College Dublin. This
accommodation will consist of new
building and the repurposing of adjacent
granite buildings, protecting Trinitys
architectural heritage. This new proposed
student and research accommodation,
will also allow for the increasing needs
for ICT related studies and research.
For the first time the School of Engineering
will come together in this new building,
allowing the School to increase its intake
at undergraduate and post-graduate
level, reflecting the demand by both
industry and prospective students for
an engineering led education. The E3
complex will also provide exceptional
facilities for students and researchers.
Through these research themes, E3
will address how we can develop a
sustainable planet in an increasingly
technological world. Engineers, scientists
and technologists will together answer
this challenge, bringing together their
particular insight, skills and experience.
Our ambition, as the School of Engineering
is to increase our student intake and expand
our research capabilities. This growth in
graduates will be critical in the context of
the key priorities for the Irish economy and
the continued demand by world leading
technology companies for skilled employees.
As Ireland comes into a new phase of growth
after a deep recession, the School will
respond by educating for the future a new
cohort of highly qualified engineers, boosted
by a new facility and by the continuation
of our research-led teaching remit.
For further information on E3, please contact
Brian Foley, brian.foley@tcd.ie If you are
interesting in learning more about how you
can support this project please contact
Clodagh Memery, clodagh.memery@tcd.ie

The Brazilians are here! In 2013/14, the School of Engineering accepted 29 Brazilian students
as visiting students under the Science Without Borders scheme
(SWB). This is an ambitious educational programme operated and
funded by the Brazilian government that aims to send over 100,000
Brazilian students abroad to study science, technology, engineering,
and mathematics fields by 2015. The programme provides funding,
support and/or full scholarships for a range of academic initiatives.

These SWB students were spread across all streams of

Engineering with 12 opting for the Engineering with Management
programme. Many have opted to remain on campus over the
summer months to carry out internships within their schools.

Feedback from the students and from staff in the School

has been very positive. Some of the group participated in
the Trinity-Stanford Design collaboration and attended the
Design workshop in Stanford as part of their studies.

Trinity looks forward to welcoming 99 Brazilian undergraduate

students for the 2014/15 academic year, a significant
Brazilian students at Trinity Hall number of whom will join the School of Engineering.

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Engineering Summer School
Students taking part in the Engineering Summer School
Secondary school girls from Dublin and
Wexford spent two weeks this summer
designing robots, making solar-powered
cookers, and programming LED lights
as they took part in a programme
at Trinity College Dublin designed to
open their eyes to the possibility of
an exciting career in engineering.
The programmes primary purpose is
to increase the number of girls studying
engineering at university by providing high-
quality, enjoyable, hands-on experience of
the reality of engineering. Secondary school
girls between transition year and fifth year
arrive for two weeks in Year One of the
programme and then return for another
two weeks for Year Two when they are
between their fifth and sixth year. This
years programme represented the seventh
year it has been in operation at Trinity.
There are three core philosophies at the
heart of the programme: It is provided free
of charge, involves working closely with
secondary schools to encourage students,
and actively targets those with no more
than a passing interest in engineering at
such early stages of their education. So
far, it has been a tremendous success.
Hannah OShaughnessy, from Gorey
Community School, Co. Wexford, was
pleasantly surprised. She said: I didnt
really know what engineers did before
the camp, but now I feel I have a much
better idea and it is definitely something
Id consider when I go to college.
Aoife OShea, from Our Ladys School,
Terenure said: I had some idea about
what engineers do from my brother,
who is studying engineering, but I had
no idea it was so broad and that you
can do so many different things and
still be called an engineer. I think my
favourite activity was the egg-drop
where we had to design and build
a device to get a raw egg safely to
ground when thrown from the top of
the building. That was lots of fun!
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Engineering School
involvement in 58m
Government-industry
funding for new
nanoscience AMBER
research centre
AMBER research centre
AMBER (Advanced Materials and
BioEngineering Research) is a Science
Foundation Ireland and industry funded
Centre which provides a partnership
between leading researchers in material
science and industry. Professor Danny
Kelly from the School of Engineering
is one of ten founding Principal
Investigators of AMBER, where he
manages the biomaterials platform of
the Centre. The centre is jointly hosted
in Trinity College Dublin by CRANN and
the Trinity Centre for Bioengineering,
collaborating with University College
Cork and the Royal College of
Surgeons in Ireland. The centre
aims to deliver internationally leading
materials research that is industrially
and clinically informed with outputs
including new discoveries and devices
in ICT, medical device and industrial
technology sectors. The centre was
officially launched in October 2013 and
currently has 20 industry partners, 28
Investigators and 89 researchers.
Further information is available
from www.ambercentre.ie
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TCBE Ph.D Trinity Monday 2014 Engineering

student, Fellow and Scholars Announced
Tariq Mesallati,
awarded the
2014 Engineers
Ireland Biomedical
Research Medal

The annual Trinity Week began
on Monday, 7th April in Front
Square with the announcement of
new Fellows and Scholars by the
Provost, Dr Patrick Prendergast.
Warmest congratulations from the School
to Dr Tony Robinson of the Department of
Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering
who was elected to Fellowship this year.
Congratulations also to the four Senior
Freshman Engineering students elected
to Scholarship - ine Esther Cahill, Brian
Fallon, Jonathan Lynn and Kris Vanhoutte.

Mr Tariq Mesallati (left) receiving his medal
which was sponsored by Depuy
Trinity Centre for Bioengineering
(TCBE) Ph.D student, Tariq Mesallati,
was awarded the 2014 Engineers
Ireland Biomedical Research Medal
in January, 2014 for his research
paper titled Tissue engineering
scaled-up, anatomically accurate
osteochondral constructs for joint
resurfacing which focused on treating
osteoarthritis. Tariq was presented
with an Engineers Ireland medal and
a cheque for 1,000 sponsored by
Depuy. TCBE researchers received
numerous awards at this years
20th Annual Conference of the
Bioengineering Section of the Royal
Academy of Medicine in Ireland
(RAMI), which was held in Limerick.
Fellowship
Dr Anthony Robinson
Dr Tony Robinson is an Assistant
Professor in the Department of
Mechanical and Manufacturing
Engineering at Trinity College
Dublin. He joined the academic
staff at Trinity in 2004 and now
leads a team of researchers in the
Fluids and Heat Transfer Research
Laboratory investigating topics
of basic and applied thermal
sciences. His current research
covers a broad range of topics
spanning the fundamental physics
of nucleate and convective boiling
to off-grid electricity generation
in developing countries.

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TCD Engineering students, Aoife Considine and Alberto Caizares, winners of the 2013 Irish James Dyson award
TCD Provost Dr
Patrick Prendergast
elected to Royal
Academy of
Engineering
The Provost of Trinity College Dublin, Dr
Patrick Prendergast, has been elected
as a Fellow to the Royal Academy
of Engineering. He is among 60 new
Fellows to the academy and joins
some of the UKs most accomplished
engineers from academia and business.
Revolutionary Snowboard
Invention Wins Irish James
Dyson Award for Trinity Duo
Two Trinity Engineering students have
won the Irish James Dyson award
for their DIY snowboard invention
Alberto Caizares and Aoife Considine
developed a new system of binding
technology for snow boards called
Boundless, which offers a 360 degree
rotational attachment between the
snowboard and binding. The system
enables quick unlocking, adjust and re-
locking without the need for a screwdriver.
Boundless also allows snowboarders to
sit comfortably on chairlifts so they do
not have to hang their legs at awkward
angles which can lead to injuries. Aoife and
Alberto worked on this solution as part of
their third year Engineering Management
module in Trinity. They will receive 2,400
from the James Dyson Foundation and
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progress to the international stage of
the award and have the opportunity
to compete for the 35,000 prize.
The School of Engineering fosters
creativity in the students by running
group based design projects at
all stages of the Degree. What
places Trinity among the best in the
world at teaching design is that the
students work with real users on
real problems and make tangible
prototypes that are evaluated by
these same end users, commented
Dr Gar Bennett, Assistant Professor
in Mechanical Engineering Design.
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Trinity College Stanford University Design Collaboration

Last year, a team of Trinity
Engineering students collaborated
with a team of students in Stanford
University as part of the world-
renowned ME310 Design Innovation
programme (sponsorship by SAP,
Palo Alto). This year Professor Kevin
Kelly mounted a new project-based
course in the M.A.I Engineering with
Management programme 4E5
Innovation in Product Development.
In a strong endorsement of last
years engagement, this year saw
two projects in collaboration with
Stanford one sponsored by SAP,
Dublin, and the other by Panasonic,
Palo Alto, and a further local project
with Spinal Injuries Ireland. These
projects see the students address
real world problems from a user-
centred perspective, applying the
paradigm of engineering design
thinking to create innovative solutions.
M.A.I Engineering with Management students showcase their projects

Professor Kelly explained:

Engineering design thinking
complements the traditional
structured design process that
engineers follow, by really focussing
on empathy with the end-user so
that the real problem is correctly
identified. Henry Ford famously said
that if he gave his customers what
they said they wanted, he would
have tried to build a faster horse. By
really involving the user in the design
and by spending so much time
understanding their perspective we
can then harness our technical know-
how to deliver innovative solutions
that meet a real customer need. It is
about much more than the clever idea
we have to actually make it work!

The SAP and Panasonic student

teams travelled to California for
Expe in June an annual event
in Stanford attended by over 500
guests, where the ME310 students
display their product prototypes.

M.A.I Engineering with Management students showcase their projects

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24 Engineering Students
Recognised on the
Dean of Students Roll
of Honour List, 2014
Trinity College Dublin is proud of the
extracurricular activity undertaken by some
students The Dean of Students Roll of
Honour serves to celebrate and recognise
over 730 students for volunteering in
clubs, societies, publications and the wider
community. These students volunteer in
extra-curricular activities both inside and
School of Engineering
student wins Best Paper
at 17th Sir Bernard
Crossland Symposium
and Postgraduate
Research Workshop
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outside of College, in local, national and
in international communities. A full list of
students from the School of Engineering
who were recognised for their contributions
to the Colleges clubs and societies and the
wider community is available at
www.tcd.ie/Engineering/news-
events/RollofHonour2014.php
Rudi OReilly Meehan receiving his Bernard Crossland Bursary
The School congratulates Ph.D student
Rudi OReilly Meehan for winning the Sir
Bernard Crossland Bursary for the best
paper presented at the 17th Sir Bernard
Crossland Symposium held on 28th
and 29th April, 2014 at NUI Galway. His
paper was titled Enhancing Heat Transfer
by the Examination of Flow Structures
in the Wakes of Sliding Bubbles.
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Robbie the Robot
Designing and building
a robot from scratch
in four months is the
challenge Professor
Kevin Kelly and his
team accepted and
met to address the
needs of Cork teenager
Joanne ORiordan
Joanne who was born
with no arms or legs
Joannes infectious can-do spirit and
willingness to embrace technology has
seen her overcome many obstacles.
However, many everyday tasks present
significant challenges prompting her
to wish for a robot that could pick up
things I drop like my pen, knife, fork
Professor Kelly said The research
in autonomous robots and gripping
technology that we were engaged in at
Trinity seemed an ideal match for what
Joanne was asking for. A donation of
50,000 was given by the United Nations
to fund the design and construction of a
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Robbie the Robot team members: Rob McDowell,
Porfessor Kevin Kelly, Michael Cullinan, Mark
Culleton, Conor McGinn and Adam McCreevey
Joanne ORiordan
prototype robot. The result is Robbie.
In its default kneeling position it can
interact easily with Joanne as her head
is approximately the same height as the
robots head. This position also allows
the robot to bend at the waist to pick
up things without falling over. Small
objects like phones or pencils can be
picked up with an extensible arm, on
the end of which is an inflatable hand.
Further funding of 50,000 has been
received and Professor Kelly and his
team are busy planning the next stages
in this exciting and ambitious project.
School
Hosts
HDMGlobal
Board
Meeting
Interview with HDMGlobal
Chairman Martin Snaith (1968)
Last year, I approached Professor
Margaret OMahony to host a
Board Meeting for the international
consortium HDMGlobal, the
company responsible for
marketing the economic road
evaluation model HDM-4. Once
we agreed to TCD as the venue,
Professor Brian Foley, current
Head of School, and Michael
Slevin, the School Administrator,
picked up the baton in superb
form and arranged that the
Printing House would be our
venue. It was a great choice both
to take our meeting numbers
and indeed at one point a
presentation made to us by the
Alumni Association in support of
the excellent E3 Development
(mentioned elsewhere in the
Newsletter). All aids to a
successful two-day meeting were
there, including very well prepared
refreshments. This ultimately led
to the sale, to date, of over 1,800
copies of this model for use by
governments, road agencies,
aid agencies, consultants and
universities in over 100 countries
with over forty training courses
provided worldwide. For more
information on organising such
events, please contact Michael
Slevin at maslevin@tcd.ie and for
information on HDM-4 visit the
website www.hdmglobal.com
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1. What are you doing these days? Why did you choose your current career?
ALUMNI INTERVIEW
Currently I am the Vice President of Boeing Fleet Management business based in Seattle,

Bernard
USA. I didnt exactly choose my current career it sort of chose me; I was working in
Ireland as an entrepreneur and an opportunity came to set up a new business for Boeing
in China. I did that for a few years and then Boeing asked me to come the US.

Hensey 2. Where did your love of Engineering come from?

I was a keen sailor when I was a teenager and I used to work making dinghies in the
summer and this lead to appreciation of applied technology and engineering.
(B.A.I., 1986)
3. What are the big opportunities for Ireland in the field of aviation and engineering?
The aviation industry is changing fast and there are a number of opportunities
emerging in which Ireland will play an important role: Leasing and Low Cost
Carriers will be the biggest opportunities and particularly Long Haul Low Cost
Airlines. These businesses will drive a demand for engineers at all levels.

4. What are your fondest memories of studying engineering at Trinity College?

Having a beer in the Lincoln Inn while waiting for lab experiments to finish!

5. Which Trinity lecturer had the greatest impact on you?

John Fitzpatrick who sadly passed away last year. John combined a
sharp intellect with a love of life and he showed the importance for
engineers to be involved in all aspects of life and society.

6. What is your favourite recollection of being a student at Trinity?

The diversity of the student base, I was friendly with Arts, Science and Law students
and it was great to be integrated into a wide student body. The location of the college
in the heart of the city combined with great people is a unique combination.

7. What do you enjoy most about your regular visits back to Trinity College?
Seeing the progress being made at the University in many areas.

8. Who would you invite to your dream dinner party and what would be on the menu?
Bill Murray, Jennifer Maguire, Sergey Brin, Sheryl Sandburg, Elon
Musk, Kylie Minogue and my wife. Fresh fish from Howth.

Sarah Conway wins the Maurice F. FitzGerald Prize

This prize was instituted in 1961 by a bequest from
Anna Maria Fitzgerald and is awarded annually, where
sufficient merit is shown, on the nomination of Trustees
based on the results at the final examination for the
degree of B.A.I. at Trinity College, Dublin. Candidates
must have achieved distinction during the engineering
course and be making satisfactory progression of
their knowledge in the profession of engineer.

Sarah completed the Computer Engineering

undergraduate degree course with the highest
overall average result in her class and was
awarded a Gold Medal as well as the Wright
and the MacNeill prizes. She is currently working
towards a Masters in Computer Engineering
Pictured is the winner of the Maurice F FitzGerald Prize 2013, Sarah Conway (Computer (M.A.I.) which involves significant research in the
Engineering) with Trustees - Provost, Patrick Prendergast, Finbar Callanan, Assistant Professor field of computer vision, an area concerning the
Michael Brady, Professor Brian Foley and Assistant Professor Ciaran Simms
processing, analysis and understanding of images.

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 Remember. The power of a legacy in Trinity

Theres an old saying that the true meaning
of life is to plant trees under whose shade
one does not expect to sit. When you leave
a legacy to Trinity however big or small,
youre planting a tree which will grow to
provide shelter to many. Youre empowering
ground-breaking research which will
benefit people in Ireland and all over the
world. Youre supporting students from all
backgrounds to access a Trinity education.
Youre helping preserve our unique campus
and heritage for new generations.
When you remember Trinity in your will,
you join a tradition of giving that stretches
back over 400 years and reaches far
into the future. For more information about
leaving a Legacy to Trinity, please contact
Eileen Punch.
T. +353 1 896 1714
E. eileen.punch@tcd.ie
www.tcd.ie/development

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